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U. Encounter grants to provide funding for students, artists to work togetherAugust 27, 2008Matthew R. Snydermrsnyder@syr.edu Syracuse University’s U. Encounter grant program-a collaborative initiative of the Student Affairs and Academic Affairs divisions-is seeking applications by Friday, Sept. 12, for the…

Classrooms, teaching labs are open for business in Syracuse University’s new Life Sciences Complex; building will be dedicated on Nov. 7August 25, 2008Judy Holmesjlholmes@syr.edu As Syracuse University students moved back to campus last week, a small army of construction workers,…

Teaching about Leonardo da Vinci is focus of Fall 2008 Tolley LectureAugust 25, 2008Judy Holmesjlholmes@syr.edu Syracuse University Meredith Professors Samuel Clemence and Gary Radke will present a lecture about their interdisciplinary course “Leonardo da Vinci: Artist and Engineer” Tuesday, Sept….

Shuttle-U-Home pick up moves from Sims to WatsonAugust 25, 2008Josh Blair Starting this semester, the Syracuse University Department of Public Safety’s (DPS) Shuttle-U-Home will pick up riders at Watson Hall instead of Sims Hall. The move will ease congestion at…

Syracuse Architecture announces design competition for sustainable single-family houseAugust 25, 2008Mary Kate O’Brienmcobrien@syr.edu SYracuse University School of Architecture, in partnership with the Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems (Syracuse CoE) and Home HeadQuarters Inc., has launched “From…

Syracuse-born band Ra Ra Riot to open Juice Jam 2008 Sept. 7 on SU campus, along with rapper Talib Kweli and headliner Bloc PartyAugust 22, 2008Helen Koutsourades Performing their first ever North American college show, the critically acclaimed English indie…

Whitman, Start-Up NY host guest speaker on overcoming disabilities in self-employmentAugust 21, 2008Amy Schmitzaemehrin@syr.edu The Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, in conjunction with the Burton Blatt Institute and Start-Up NY, will host a guest lecture by Kevin Webb…

Timothy Bond, producing artistic director of SU Drama, makes Syracuse Stage directing debut with ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’August 21, 2008Patrick Finlonstagepr@syr.edu Timothy Bond, producing artistic director for the Syracuse University Department of Drama in the College of Visual and Performing…

2008 Syracuse Symposium™ celebrates ‘Migration’August 21, 2008Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu The 2008 Syracuse Symposium™ invites the Syracuse University and Central New York communities to explore “migration” through engaging lectures, concerts, exhibitions and award-winning films during the semester-long intellectual and artistic festival…

Class of 2012 arrivesAugust 21, 2008SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu Members of the Class of 2012 assemble on the field at the Carrier Dome during Thursday evening’s “From Home to the Dome” event for incoming students. (Photo: Steve Sartori)